Simple Tool for Application Runs and Transfer of Data (S.T.A.R.T.)

gLite is one of the largest distributed computing infrastructures in operation. It provides access to hundreds of different clusters - all installed and maintained in different ways. This paper analyses the difficulties which users typically experience when moving from their own workstation via clusters or supercomputers to the grid. Based on that analysis, this paper presents tools, which helps to overcome this gap and introduces an advanced command line interface to the grid.